ἀάνθα

ἀάνθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Schulze explained it as *αὐσ-άνθα (*aus-ántha) to the root of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), but since the suffix is unclear this analysis cannot be substantiated. Another theory derives this word from Proto-Albanian *a)uaϑā, compare modern Albanian vath (“earring”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.án.tʰa/ → /aˈan.θa/ → /aˈan.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.án.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈan.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈan.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈan.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈan.θa/

Noun

ᾰ̓άνθᾰ • (aántha) f (genitive ᾰ̓άνθης); first declension

1. kind of earring

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾰ hē aántha	τὼ ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ aánthā	αἱ ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθαι hai aánthai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθης tês aánthēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθαιν toîn aánthain	τῶν ᾰ̓ᾰνθῶν tôn aanthôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθῃ têi aánthēi	ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθαιν aánthain	ταῖς ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθαις taîs aánthais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾰν tḕn aánthan	ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾱ aánthā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾱς tā̀s aánthās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾰ aántha	ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθᾱ aánthā	ᾰ̓ᾰ́νθαι aánthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἀάνθα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀάνθα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

References

1. https://www.academia.edu/31212816/The_earliest_Alhanian_loanwords_in_Greek